I just remember that I cried while coming out of the anesthesia and they told me that most women cried, for no reason. I know I wasn't in pain, I just felt so very much like crying! Weird.

The IV Valium is such a trip. All I remember from my own wisdom teeth removal is someone saying "open a little wider" and a strange feeling about pink spiders (no I know know why either).

The only really gross thing was pulling an undissolved stitch out of my mouth *months* later.

Hey, I cried and was cold too! Freaked my mom out. But I had no stitches, thank God.

I woke up crying (whimpering, really), too. Isn't that bizarre? I've talked to many people who say this was the case for them, also.

Weird. I just got the novocaine shots for my top wisdom teeth, even though I, too, had nice yucky cavities in both of them. A few seconds of somewhat gentle-feeling prodding, and out they came. I think I was in the chair for no longer than 15 minutes tops. A liquid diet and some prescription-strength Aleve was all the dentist recommended for the next two days, saying I could go back to work that day if I wanted (I opted to go home).

The thing I remember most about getting my wisdom teeth out is that my dad was the one who had to take me -- I was living at college and he was the closest parent. Since I think my dad is a moron, I was kind of hoping I didn't insult him while I was coming out of my "deep sleep" after the procedure. He said I was saying "all sorts of crazy things" but wouldn't elaborate. Hmmmmm.

I fell asleep for most of my surgery, only to wake up while they were wrenching one of my lower wisdom teeth out (the roots were like hooks, digging into my tender helpless face), and start trying to sing along with the radio during the most difficult part of the procedure.

I got all of my teeth out at once and I remember being put out and then being woken up. It felt like hours but it was about 20 minutes. I didn't have too much swelling either. But sometimes when the weather is really crappy my teeth hurt and I swear that I could feel my wisdom teeth. spooky, eh?

You know that episode of Ren and Stimpy where Ren loses his teeth and there are like a million shots of his inflamed roots and nerves and at the end of it he just gets one of Stimpy's giant teeth? Yeah, that aired the day after I got my wisdom teeth out. That day, my jaw hurt so much I couldn't chew applesauce. But what I remember most about the experience was the awesome general anaesthetic. Ahhhh.

I had four impacted wisdom teeth all removed at once...I just remember flying hiiiiigh once they gave me the IV and laughing gas--and waking what seemed like seconds later in the recovery room. The only noteworthy/scary thing is that the nurse told me I had talked "the WHOLE time." I was sixteen and just starting to do bad-kid stuff and I always wondered what the hell I told them. Then I drank shakes, watched Katharine Hepburn movies and held bags of frozen peas on my cheeks for 3 days.

As soon as I woke up in the chair, I got up and tried to run out the door, but they steered me into the little red padded bench-room where i kept waking up crying and trying to leave right away. it was really strange. I don't remember being cold, though. What botheres me the most about the whole thing was the feeling - for months - that my cheeks had been somehow tied or stiched to my gums, even though they hadn't. Freaky.

Oh ack ack ACK!!! I've had a wisdom tooth that's been gently prodding its way through my gums for a few months now. Except maybe more "painfully" than "gently". I've refused to go to the dentist thus far because I've read too many of these day-at-the-dentist entries in Damn Hell Ass Kings pages. Geez, is it that time of year or something?

So if my dental health goes all crummy, it's all your fault. The whole experience sounds terrifying - IV to confusion to stitches, etc. I'm glad you recovered quickly, though... that's almost encouraging.

I had a few teeth pulled in high school because, well, I just have fucked up teeth. And I had the IV, and the nurse told me to lie back and count, and the last thing I remember is thinking, "I wonder how long it'll take for this to knock me out." And then suddenly they were making me get up and helping me to a cot. That's some good stuff.

I was *horribly* depressed afterwards, and I could tell it wasn't the normal "I'm in high school" type of depression. So, uh, yeah. That sucked. But then I went straight to bed and felt much better afterwards.

All of this was to make room for my wisdom teeth, which came in so perfectly that I didn't even notice. And I have no point, but I'm glad it went pretty smoothly, and that IV stuff? Wow.

I woke up sobbing and freezing too, and feeling like no time had passed at all. Meanwhile, it had been nearly two hours (my wisdom teeth were so impacted that they were practically in my neck).

The next few days were hideous for everyone in the household. Let's just say it wasn't really a convenient time to find out I'm allergic to codeine.

I had my wisdom teeth (all four) out on the same day as my mom had her knee operation -- unfortunately, at different hospitals. So my grandmother came to pick me up, then got completely lost trying to get to the other hospital to pick up my mom. Of course, I was on the tylenol 3 with codeine, so I was no help at all. Then, I slept for 2 days, waking up every 6 hours to vomit and take more pills. Such memories.

I got all four of my wisdom teeth out on my birthday (so I could be covered on my mum's insurance). I was prescribed Percocet and penicillin. Then I found out I was very allergic to penicillin. Vomiting after having wisdom teeth removed is very not fun. However, being on Percocet for three days is fun so I guess it all balanced out in the end

Ohhh...all this talk of wisdom teeth are making the holes where mine were hurt. I had them yanked about six months ago (luckily I only had the top two) and I STILL have holes in the back of my mouth. Granted they're not big but they are there and they bug me. Yes that IV drip was fun stuff! Apparently I talked too..No idea what I said...

i can't believe nobody has had any wisdom teeth horror stories yet, so here's mine:

i had all three of my wisdom teeth pulled out in one go. i had a general anesthesia drip and they told me to let them know when i started getting sleepy. when i did, they were talking and i didn't want to interrupt so i waited politely. next thing i knew i was waking up and being walked into the recovery room. no crying, but i do remember being cold. it was the first time i've ever been knocked out, and i thought it was kind of cool!

the next couple of days were ok except i still had dull pain all the time. i was eating nothing but tomato soup. i told the doctor during my follow-up visit, and he had a look, and sure enough in two of the holes i had "dry socket." i was never enough of a masochist to look up what that meant in english, but whatever it is, he stuffed this gauze soaked in *awful* tasting stuff in two of my holes with a pair of metal tweezers. pain... the stuff numbed my holes and my tongue, and made everything i ate taste horribly bitter, like bad vodka. i got over it over the next few days and resigned myself to tomato soup that tasted like a regurgitated bloody mary.

but then... on my next follow-up, my regular doctor was gone. (da-dum... cue horror music) if my regular doctor was dr. jekyll, surely this was mr. hyde. the gauze had to be replaced (da-dum) so he pulled the old gauze out.

you cannot fathom the pain involved unless you experienced it yourself. imagine someone using pointy metal tweezers to scrape a piece of gauze covered in vodka, rubbing alcohol, and rotted food out of a bloody hole in your mouth. twice. and then poking more gauze back *in*! i actually screamed, and i am a tough girl. i played rugby for the university of michigan. i do tae kwon do. i am learning to play roller hockey. i can *handle* pain. i felt sorry for the people in the waiting room and the nurse whose hand i crushed in mine, but i had to let it out. i tried to hide my face as i ran sobbing out the the car where my boyfriend had waited during my "routine" follow-up.

it got better after that incident, but for months i had to squirt food out of my holes with a little plastic syringe every time i ate. that was annoying. anyway... i shudder whenever i hear the phrase "wisdom teeth."

Dear God, that must have been awful. I'm still cringing.

Dear god, that sounds awful. I had mine out the day before Christmas. My teeth didn't actually hurt me all that much (even though they had been badly impacted), it was more the emotional trauma of missing out on my Grandmother's pound cake.

i just had 3 of my wisdom teeth taken out... they asked whether i wanted to be knocked out or just numbed and i was like PUT ME TO SLEEP!!! shoved an iv into my arm and before i knew it, i was waking up to them stiching me up. the dentist wipes his brow and exclaims, quite strangely, "jesus those were some hard teeth. im going to have to need to see you in a few days just to make sure things are all ok." the nurse reiterates it. for some reason (i think it was the anesthesia), i started laughing. my dad was like "why you laughing?" got home, popped the anitbiotics and pain killers and 7 hours later my mouth is killing me. quite painful... they also used normal stitches so thats going to have to be pulled out in a week. anyone ever had that? hoping no complications arise, im just thankful these teeth with no purpose are finally out of my mouth.

dentists suck!!!

I'm getting all four of my wisdom teeth tommorow. Being put under is sounding pretty cool about now, but I could have done with out the yucky gauze story!

God all these horror stories are making me nervous!! I have 4 impacted wisdom teeth and of course..I have to get the cut out..oh joy... they don't hurt as of right now though :-| I've been through many orthodontic treatments so its weired how I can be o nervous over these stupid teeth!!! I've NEVER been knocked out or anything. Oh well lets hope I will survive *gulp*

i have to get all four of mine out in 2 days. im getting nervous, but being knocked out sounds kinda cool. nothing scares me usually, but somehow, not being in control of my body weirds me out.

I had all 4 wisdom teeth removed yesterday. The bottom two were impacted. All 4 were still under my gums. I had a general ($400 alone), but it was totally worth it since I didn't feel, see or hear anything during the surgery. Today I'm sore, but nothing what I expected. I don't have any bruising and hardly any swelling so far. I've been taking codeine, Tylenol, penicillin and something to keep the swelling down (Dexa...). I've also been applying Arnica (herbal medicine) to help keep the swelling and bruising down.

this is sorta funny and when i think of this, i forget the pain that i have from my wisdom tooth being taken out the other day.
I do not remember the Dr. telling me to open my mouth. I just remember that I was given IV and i grabbed the Dr. while i felt myself feeling groggy and sleepy and told him twice i did not like the way i felt. the next thing i knew i was being walked to recovery but i have this feeling i cursed the Dr. out and said that he did s**t! i went to lie down and my mother was next to me and i said i want to go home NOW! My mother told me later on that I kept repeating that I had no surgery and I want to go home. She said I was saying all this and wanting to leave with my eyes practically shut. I remember thinking why isn't my mother asking the nurses if i could leave or not. I did not understand that i had surgery. it was so weird. but i did remember to ask for Vicodin instead of the tylenol with codeine that he wanted to give me. i found out i had a bad side effect to Vicodin woke up in the middle of the night in sweats, heart beating fast and I thought I would pass out!

Well, let me just be one person to say that two days ago I have four impacted wisdom teeth removed (under valium and novocaine) and it was really not that big an ordeal at all. My face thawed out within a few hours after surgery, the tylenol-3s kept the discomfort to a minimum and trust me, by iceing 20 minutes on and 20 minutes off for the rest of the day after surgery, it REALLY helps. No swelling at all and I'm passing day three now. I realize I may be a lucky case, but hey you never know, could be you too :)

I'm getting my wisdom teeth removed tomorrow, December 23rd! I have 4 and they are all impacted. I'm getting a sedative IV and a local anesthetic. I just hope it all goes well and I don't feel much or remember much. I hope I can be ok for christmas too. I'm going to bring my discman for the sugery to distract me and keep me occupied. I hope I fall asleep though.

They gave me nitrous oxide and wrapped something around my left arm to take my blood pressure. She wrapped a rubber band around my upper right arm and started tapping my hand to get the veins to pop up. She said "You have no veins!" and then tried again and said "You still have no veins!" She told me to breathe in with my nose so I'd get more nitrous oxide and it felt really good cuz i felt super drunk. Then the doctor came and found that i did have veins so he could give me the IV. Then I guess a lot of time passed because i was being led into the recovery room to lie down in a bed and i remember asking my dad if we got to keep the teeth. We went to a coffee shop and he got me a mango smoothie to eat with a spoon and they were really nice, the workers there. my dad went and picked up my pain killing medicine and i ate some of my smoothie. When i got home i had some medicine and stayed in bed for 24 hours. I took medicine every four hours and whenever I got out of bed I'd start seeing colors and feel really sick like I wanted to throw up and my head and jaw ached. It really hurt to swallow and my mouth kept filling up with saliva and blood. When I first woke up there was blood all over the pillow and sheet. All I've had to eat is smoothie, some vanilla yogurt, and tomatoe juice. I am extremely swelled up on the left side.

Hey everyone get this: i had 7... yeah that's right 7 wisdom teeth out. And they all had to be cut out. What was worse I kept throwing up after the surgery. But, 10 days later, I'm fine.

I had all 4 wisdom teeth taken out almost 5 days ago...and I was scared to death that I was going to get DRY SOCKET, like a lot of people do, but so far, I haven't..thank god. I have never been put under for anything in my life, so I was freaking out, but the general anasthetic felt like someone just put a heavy warm blanket on my face and head, and then I was out, right in the middle of a sentense. I would suggest you get them taken out in the hospital, cuz you don't see, hear or feel anything while it is happening! I had a pretty good experience, taking Tylenol with codeine, then just Motrin, as my pain killers were all gone...I had my first meal today and lost 9 pounds in 5 days! DAMN! Just so ya know...it's not going to be nearly as bad as you think!!

I just went to the surgeon today and found out that I have to have 3 wisdom teeth taken out. The Dr. wanted to do it in 10 days but I said no way because it is to expensive with insurance it will be 1050!!!!!! Going on a cruz in may and have to save for it before my teeth come out.

Just got three (all) of my Wisdom teeth removed four days ago. I was so scared, but the whole experience was good overall. The dentist just froze my whole jaw and went to work. My girl-friend watched from the corner of the room with grim looks. I couldn't really see what was happening except when I looked at the reflection in the dentist's glasses....and when I did choose to look, I decided it would be better to look at the ceiling. Afterward, I just had to wait for the drugs to wear off, then take my Percecet for a few days. And you can't forget the best part, the salt water rinses! Definitly one of the more frightining things I thought I could have done, but afterward its nothing.

hi everyone who has to have there wisdom teeth done its not a bad thing at all i went today 2/31/03 and i was so scared you would never believe the nurse's were so nice they put me on a iv that would relaxe me and it sure did before i knew it the doctor came in and asked do you have any questions i said nope and i begin to fall asleep not in a deep sleep just really tired and i could feel them pulling the teeth but no pain at all and before i knew it they were done and i went home and not in that much pain at all!! to you that have to have it done i would do it again lol!!

i had two of my wisdom teeth out on 3-11-03 and it wasn't nearly as bad as i thought. I just had local anesthesia (shots to the jaw that i could barely feel.) the worst thing was hearing them break up my wisdom teeth so they could pull them out of my gums. i ate a pb&j the same day as surgery, the hardest thing about it was trying to open my mouth up wide enough to fit it in. my face was pretty swollen for the first few days but the ibuprofen 400mg made all the discomfort go away. its only slightly sore in the mornings now but it goes away once i get up and move around. I can still only open my mouth about an inch but my jaw is getting less stiff every day.

I had a wisdom tooth and 2 molars taken out. It took like an hour and a half. All I had was the shots to numb the area. I didn't fell any pain just a whole lot of pressure. After the procedure the dentist started looking at me and crying. She stated she was tired. Makes me wonder what she did wrong. Its the second day after and there's some swelling but nothing to bad.

It is Thursday night and I am writing because I just got my wisdom teeth taken out on Monday and I have become obsessed with researching on line. I am still in pain(mostly when I wake up in the morning) and I really feel awful. If I have to look at another pureed thing meal I will lose my mind. That alone makes me want to gag more than the drugs! I will say that this whole experience really helps me to appreciate my teeth. Who knew that one could really take the crunchy sound for granted. Boy do I miss that. I miss the sound of an apple crunching, or almonds and peanuts crunching; man, I just miss anything solid. Percocet makes me ill, so I have been taking Motrin which is not strong enough.I may have to go back to the Percocet. TOO MANY PILLS, who can keep track. Is there a more natural way to deal with all this?? And I am PETRIFIED OF THE WORDS "DRY SOCKET". What I found most interesting and comforting about this website were the responses form women about their reaction to the anesthesia. How strange. I don't remember anything, but my boyfriend said that I was sobbing as well! My advice to all. GET ALL FOUR OUT AT ONCE. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy and i would never want to go through this twice!!

It is Thursday night and I am writing because I just got my wisdom teeth taken out on Monday and I have become obsessed with researching on line. I am still in pain(mostly when I wake up in the morning) and I really feel awful. If I have to look at another pureed thing meal I will lose my mind. That alone makes me want to gag more than the drugs! I will say that this whole experience really helps me to appreciate my teeth. Who knew that one could really take the crunchy sound for granted. Boy do I miss that. I miss the sound of an apple crunching, or almonds and peanuts crunching; man, I just miss anything solid. Percocet makes me ill, so I have been taking Motrin which is not strong enough.I may have to go back to the Percocet. TOO MANY PILLS, who can keep track. Is there a more natural way to deal with all this?? And I am PETRIFIED OF THE WORDS "DRY SOCKET". What I found most interesting and comforting about this website were the responses form women about their reaction to the anesthesia. How strange. I don't remember anything, but my boyfriend said that I was sobbing as well! My advice to all. GET ALL FOUR OUT AT ONCE. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy and i would never want to go through this twice!!

I had all 4 wisdom teeth taken out on Wednesday afternon I wasn't nervous...well just alittle. I'm a pretty tough cookie and when i was waiting in the lobby they wheeled out this little old lady and i thought ...IF SHE CAN DO IT, I CAN DO IT. I just imagined that this little old lady had had the worst of the worst done and she was still talking and smiling so if she could do it, I could do it. Plus my son was there and i really didn't want him to see me freak out. This is day 3 i still have a little bit of discomfort but the pain medicine is working fairly well. I'm worried about "dry socket" but hopefully everything will go well.

I just had my wisdom teeth out two days ago and I remember waking up as the dentist was removing the last tooth up top and crying. I felt confused and didn't really know why I was crying. Funny huh. A nurse wiped awat my tears and my boyfriend was brought into the room. Hey, half my tongue is still numb and tingly. Plus I can't taste anything from that side-is that normal?

I just had my wisdom teeth out two days ago and I remember waking up as the dentist was removing the last tooth up top and crying. I felt confused and didn't really know why I was crying. Funny huh. A nurse wiped awat my tears and my boyfriend was brought into the room. Hey, half my tongue is still numb and tingly. Plus I can't taste anything from that side-is that normal?

I told the dentist that I preferred having all my wisdom teeth removed at once but he wouldn't do it. So I have to go through this hell all over again in several months to rid myself of the remaining two wisdoms. Maybe some good will come out of this, since I can barely eat maybe I'll shed some weight.

I had my all four of my wisdom teeth out under IV sedation four days ago. Day 1: was okay, slept a lot. Day 2: woke up, my face was very swollen; I looked like Jay Leno. Day 3: I tried to eat something besides mashed potatoes (i may never eat mashed potatoes again), but couldn't open my mouth wide enough...that sucked. Was very grumpy because i was so hungry Day 4: today, i awoke at 6:40 am with a major headache. I don't know if it was from the extractions, or lack of food, but I was in extreme pain. I took the Darvocet the dentist prescribed (Darvocet does not work (couldn't take tylenol w/ codeine because i am allergic)). So today, i have been hitting the extra strength tylenol (2 of them) and alternating every 4 hours with the Darvocet. I can not eat yet, my jaws are stiff. I went out and got some alphabet soup. The jaw stiffness and headaches are the worst. Hopefully, soon i will recover enough to open my mouth wide enough to gorge on food, real food. I want a turkey. I am so hungry, i could eat a whole turkey. The only thing positive to come from it is that I have lost 6 pounds :). ending now, i feel a headache coming on.

Hi to all reading this.I had all four wisdom teeth out today... They were all fully erupted. prior to surgery is fine a little scary though but there is nothing you can do except try to stay calm and focus on a positive outcome. When I awoke I remember a kind gentle voice letting me know that they were just removing my gauze. It didn't hurt. When you wake up from an anesthetic everything is a blur so it isn't as bad as you would imagine. I found it hard to swallow and I was feeling very uncomfortable. I was given digesic and nurofen for the pain, which I no dobt took. I reccomend going to a hospital as close to your home as possible because with the uncomfort the last thing you need is a boring and bumpy long drive home. Anyway I slept from the time i got home which was around 3 till 7 and now I can even feed my baby pussycats their favourite free range chicken diced and sprinkled with crunchy treats...Even though I am still sore and uncomfortable with the love of my wonderful boyfriend and babies I am ready to take on another day (less 4 teeth)

I had 4 wisdom teeth out yesterday, and I seem to be fine today. I really want a smoke, but I won't (fear of dry sockets). I was just wondering if it would be okay to use tea bags instead of gauze at this point. Because I've run out of gauze and I feel really nervous about harming my sockets without something back there.

I've also found out that mango is FABULOUS to eat post-surgery because it tastes like real food but it doesn't hurt to eat at all!

i have just found out that i have to get my wisdom teeth out because there isn't enough room for them to come in properly without pushing on my other teeth.so i am really scared at this point cause i have a BIG problem with going to the dentist but i know they need to be takin out i am just afraid of being put under for it!!! but in another way i am not to sure about being awake the whole time either.I'm not sure which ones have to be takin out but the one on my right side is comin threw cause i can see part of it and it is starting to bother me :(.ouch!!!

I had mine out a few days ago - wasn't too bad. Except I have midget veins from hell, so of course, no one could get an IV in. I expected that though, and the novocaine and laughing gas put me in a great position to not feel too much (and to be able to ask for more novocaine), but my mind was perfectly clear. I think all the laughing gas does is trick your mind into thinking it's too much effort to talk. I'd have these questions that seemed really important to ask in the middle of the surgery, like: what does that drill do?, but then the laughing gas would scold me: do you really want to waste the energy it would take to move your tounge to ask that? After was ok, lots of soups and Mango (my Mom sent me some from her friend's tree in Florida, since all the mangoes in stores taste like bark). But, here's a question for you all... I was perscribed Percoset and Penicillin, and whenever I eat yogurt, I faint (or need to lay down). Anyone else experience this?